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Ukraine Strikes Bridges in Russia, Aiming to Entrap Troops

Russian troops defending a pocket of territory wedged between a river and the border with Ukraine were at risk of becoming encircled, military analysts said, after Ukraine bombed bridges that are the only routes for resupply or retreat.

Survivors of Doomsday Starvation Cult Testify Against Pastor and 93 Associates

“The children were not supposed to eat, so they could die,” a 9-year-old testified in a manslaughter trial involving an evangelical pastor in Kenya who allegedly ordered his congregation to shun education, medicine and starve their children to death in order to meet Jesus.

A Deadly Fire Exposes the Plight of Low-Paid Migrants in Wealthy Kuwait

After a blaze in Kuwait killed 49 migrant workers, a government crackdown focused on building violations — bypassing deeper problems that leave migrants with low wages and unsafe housing across the oil-rich Gulf.

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